The NHS has 'survived' by gutting what the NHS is
Thursday, April 30th, 2020Ipsos Mori has just issued opinion polling that includes this summary: Please note, the fuzziness was in the original supplied to me by them to
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It's not the excess deaths now that matter (although each is a tragedy): it's the fact that they will continue that is going to hurt us so very badly
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020The data for excess deaths is out from the ONS. Because I am teaching this afternoon I have been a bit distracted, but now I
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When the time is right - and it may be very soon - doctors will have to stop working
Monday, April 20th, 2020A doctor’s primary duty when undertaking their activities is to do no harm. The primary duty of a government employing them is to make sure
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Tories, confusion and reality
Sunday, April 19th, 2020This piece was first posted by Peter May on Progressive Pulse, which I publish, and I thought well worth sharing here: This is an interesting
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Now is the time for tax reform
Thursday, April 16th, 2020The Insititute for Government has issued a press release and report suggesting that: The UK tax system needs substantial reform, but recent governments have shied
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We have such a long way to go before we beat Covid-19
Thursday, April 16th, 2020Since the announcements on Covid-19 deaths began in the UK I have not been alone in thinking there was something odd about them. They, and
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Born in the NHS
Monday, April 13th, 2020From my friend and Green New Deal colleague Andrew Simms. Feel free to sing-along. If you’re of a certain age you’ll know the tune:
Johnson’s decision to go to Chequers will come back to haunt him, but I sincerely hope only politically
Monday, April 13th, 2020I was deeply unpopular with some in Twitter for making this comment yesterday: Why can Boris Johnson go to his second home when no one
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The government’s misinformation on Covid-19 deaths is unforgivable
Saturday, April 11th, 2020I am not going to accuse the UK government of lying to us about Covid-19 deaths, because that would be too kind to them. 980
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